It was announced yesterday that Colombia has relieved head coach Leonel Alvarez of his duties after just four months at the helm.
Alvarez took the job in August after Hernan Dario Gomez resigned after hitting an unidentified woman in a Bogota bar. He ends up being boss of Colombia for only five matches, including three World Cup qualifiers. His final record was 3-1-1.
Colombia currently sits sixth out of nine teams in CONMEBOL qualifying, where the top four advance to the World Cup while the fifth placed squad goes into a playoff with the fifth placed Asian team.
The team won Alvarez's first two matches in charge, friendlies against Honduras and Jamaica. From there they opened World Cup qualifying with a 2-1 win in Bolivia, before drawing Venezuela 1-1 and falling to Argentina 2-1 at home last month.
The Colombian federation president, Luis Bedoya, stated that the decision to dismiss Alvarez was unanimous and that a search for his successor was to begin immediately.
Colombia is currently ranked 36th in the world by FIFA.
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